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Joanne Maypole, Ph.D. Retired history professor and instructional dean. I support democracy, freedom, and equality. I oppose the convicted felon, insurrectionist, fascist who, according to the Roberts' Court, is above the law. Resist.
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A reminder that Elon Musk's corporations were promised $3 billion across nearly 100 different contracts last year with 17 federal agencies. While DOGE cuts essential services for you, Musk is getting a taxpayer-funded windfall. Robert Reich

Trump & Musk belong in prison.

It has been a long and grueling week. Thank you to everyone who offered kind words of support. If you want to follow everything happening to democracy in court, while also supporting pro-democracy independent media, please sign up for Democracy Docket. www.democracydocket.com/me-subscribe...

We who took the time to learn Trump's decades of deep financial/ideological/criminal ties to Putin and the RU Fed are not surprised by the fact that Trump has been a Russian asset in our White House all along. Trump is destroying America not just out of hate & incompetence, but for his hero Putin.

For those at the back…

“The CFPB is there to make sure that Elon's new project can't scam you or steal your sensitive personal data...This is like a bank robber trying to fire the cops, and turn off the alarms just before he strolls into the lobby.” US Sen. Elizabeth Warren More here:

Nailed it.

REMEMBER: Next Friday, February 28. NOT 1 PENNY SPENT. We can do this. I'm IN, are you? 👋💙

This x10000000000 “In other words: We, the opposition, are the majority. Take heart.” www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/they-are-a...

How does firing Americans help make America great again? Cutting 5-8% of the workers is unproductive and harmful to our economy and society. This is just simply reckless and unsustainable. www.cnn.com/2025/02/21/p...

Dozens more pregnant and postpartum women have died in Texas hospitals since the state banned abortion, ProPublica’s analysis shows. As the maternal mortality rate dropped nationally, it rose in Texas by 33%.

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Hillary was right about this fucking puppet.

I'm fucked

DOGE By The Numbers theonion.com/doge-by...

I Stand With Ukraine 🇺🇦

Good morning and Happy Friday to everyone who agrees that if you want people to stop calling your party a bunch of Nazis, then your party leaders should stop doing Nazi things like the Sieg Heil. Did you notsee this coming?

@democracyforward.org requested limited, expedited discovery in its lawsuit seeking to block DOGE access to sensitive Department of Labor information. If granted, plaintiffs will be able to obtain some evidence on how the agency operates within the government.

🚨NEW: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is planning to fire Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff C.Q. Brown, a 4-Star General and 41-year veteran of the Air Force who flew over 130 hours in combat as a fighter pilot. REPOST if you stand with General C.Q. Brown against Hegseth!

Putinization of America

Good morning and Happy Thursday to everyone who agrees with General Milley that Americans do not owe our allegiance to a King, Queen, or a wannabe dictator. We owe our allegiance to the Constitution. Fuck the nonsense trump says about being a king.

He will burn down whatever he can, however he can Our systems of governance, rule of law, global alliances, even the Constitution. Consumed by vengeance and greed, he is the greatest threat to our Republic since its founding. We must meet this moment with the force of a thousand suns. Or perish.

Dark Pence is back.

This story can't be repeated enough. The GOP is lined up behind the guy who is so incompetent that his quasi-gov't agency did this. They're confirming his highly questionable nominees & hurting the American people. And "accidentally"? It was stupidity, not accident. www.nbcnews.com/politics/dog...

"Just one more thing. You say you're the law and order president, yet you released 1,500 rioters. You claim to support the police, but many of those rioters attacked them. Now you're firing FBI agents and prosecutors. Frankly, Mrs. Columbo thinks you're a criminal."

I would say I have no words. But I do. I just can't say them in polite (or even impolite) company. Because this is far, far, far away the most evil, corrupt, fascist thing Trump has done yet. And that is saying quite a lot. #lawsky www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

🚨 NEW: Wow, Trump's former VP Mike Pence just called Trump out for lying about Ukraine.

Fact check: true

Muskrat sets sights on Fort Knox. 🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬 #felon #deportmusk www.forbes.com/sites/dereks...

A quote today from the great Julia Davis. If Europe hasn’t figured out that Trump is bringing our 80-year collective security friendship, which has served us all well, to an abrupt and catastrophic end, you know it today. You are on your own. Act accordingly.

Oh, look what normal countries do when a former president leads a far right coup attempt.